Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 161-165 , March 2003

Cognitive performance at school entry of children living in malaria-endemic areas of Sri Lanka

  • Deepika Fernando

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr Deepika Fernando, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, P. O. Box 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka; phone +94 1765841, fax +94 1 598014
    • Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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  • Renu Wickremasinghe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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  • K.N. Mendis

      Affiliations

    • Roll Back Malaria Project, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • A.R. Wickremasinghe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Received 17 July 2002 ,Revised 18 September 2002 ,Accepted 1 October 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 161-165 , March 2003